The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-22

FINASc1AL-Money is in very active demand,
with hardly enough to meet all wants.
Domestic EICh0age-EaSy. Banks and bank
ers are buying sight drafts at 4 per cent dis
count and selling at Is per cent discount to par.
Foreign Erchdnge-The market is strong, hut
steady; Commercial denand, 81 .S813; sixty
days, 81 S012; ninety days 81 1914 francs, Paris
and afavre, commercial, sixty DAYS, S. %;
Swiss, SIS 2716; marks, sixty days. 943s
SEcURITIEs-The market is sluggish; offerings
very light.
STocKs AND BoNDs-Ciy Bonds-Atlanta 6
per cent long date 10S bid, 10 asked; Atlanta
? per cent, 11S bid, 121 asked; Augusta per
cent long date, 107 bid, 40 asked: Augusta 6s
long date, 1Os bid, ITO asked Columbus per
cent, 100 bid, 105 asked; Macon per cent,
III bid, 112 asked; new Savannah per cent,
January coupons, 10119 bid, 102 asked; new
bid, 10194 asked
State Bonds Georgia new 6s. 1889, tof bid,
102 asked; Georgia new 41ss, 100 bid, 106S4
asked: Georgia per cent gold quarterly coIl-
pons 1853 bid 1861 asked; Georgia per cent
coupons January and July, maturity 1895, 40
bid, 19l asked.
Railroad Stocks-Central common, ex-divi-
dend 1915 bid, 12016 asked; Augusta and Savan-
nah per cent guaranteed, ex-dividend 100 bid,
132 asked; Georgia common, 1893 bid, 20l
asked; Southwestern per cent guaranteed,
per cent certificates, ex-interest 9914 bid 1884
asked; Atlanta and West Point railroad stock
109 bid Ill asked; Atlanta and West Point 6
per cent certificates, ex-interest 102 bid, 104
asked.
Railroad Bonds Savannah. Florida and
Western Railway Company general NOR gage D
per cent interest, coupons October. Ill bid,
112 asked; Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage
consolidated per cent, coupons January and
July, maturity 1897. III bid, liz asked
Central consolidated mortgage per cent,
coupons January and July, maturity 1898,
JJ0H bid, Ill asked; Georgia railroad Is, 1897,
106 bid, 10S asked; Mobile and Girard second
mortgage Endorsed per cent, coupons January
and July, maturity 1889, 104 bid 105 asked;
Montgomery and Eufaula first mortgage per
cent Endorsed by Central railroad, los bid,
109 asked; Marietta and North Georgia first
mortgage, so years, per cent, 1909 bid, 101Is
asked; Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta first
mortgage, 1lQ1s bid, 111l6 asked; Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta second mortgage, 100
bid, 1101s asked; Western Alabama second
mortgage Endorsed 8 per cent. 1906 bid, 107
asked; South Georgia and Florida indorsed,
116 bid, 100 asked South Georgia and Florida
second mortgage, ia bid, 116 asked; Augusta
and Knoxville iirst mortgage per cent, 11i1s
bid, 1l21s asked; Gainesville. Jefferson and
Southern first mortgage guaranteed. ll5 bid,
11611 asked: Gainesville, Jefferson and South
Steamship per cent bonds, guaranteed by
Central railroad 10334 bid, 104l] asked; Gaines
vile, jefferson and Southern second mortgage
guaranteed, 113 asked; Columbus and Rome
road, 105 bid, 107 asked; Columbus and
Western 6 per cent guaranteed, 1903 bid, ITO
asked; City and Suburban railway first mort
gage per cent, 107 bid. 10S asked.
Bank StocksNominal. Southern Bank OF the
State of Georgia, 1893 bid, 2ol asked; lIer-
chants National Bank, 1852 bid, 1855 asked
Savannah Bank and Trust Company, 9S bid,
100 asked; National Bank OF Savannah, l16 bid
100 asked; Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Com
pany, l07 bid, l0S asked.
dividend, 1919 bid, 20 asked; Mutual Gas Light
stock, 10 bid. 20 asked.